Yes, Daisuke Sakaguchi is really Shinpachi Shimura.
Daisuke Sakaguchi (born October 11, 1973) is a voice actor who got his debut as the Kid Hero and cute little boy Usso Ewin in Mobile Suit Victory Gundam. Since then, the cute little boy or Bishounen archetype is always a part of his roles. But he can play against type, too, especially if they are of the creepy but young variety.
As a fun fact (back in the mid-90s) he was part of the voice actor unit, EMU (Entertainment Music Unit) with Ryōtarō Okiayu, Hikaru Midorikawa, Hideo Ishikawa, and Nobutoshi Hayashi. It disbanded in 2000.
Was involved in a minor scandal after fans spotted him and Ryō Hirohashi watching a soccer game together, prompting a lot of otaku Fan Dumb (magnified by the fact that they were together in both CLANNAD and Bamboo Blade), since Daisuke-san is now married.
Notable Roles by Daisuke Sakaguchi:
- Andrew Oikonny in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox: Assault
- Ashton Anchors and Noel Chandler in Star Ocean: The Second Story
- Bryophyta in Arknights
- Carne in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
- Cedric Ward in Battle Fantasia
- Claire Leonelli in Heat Guy J
- Dunan von Auslese in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
- Freddy Freeman (Jack Dylan Grazer) in the Japanese dub of SHAZAM!
- The Frog Puppet Host of Gero Gero Kitchen in The Idolmaster
- Fudou Yukimitsu in Touken Ranbu
- Hackmon in Digimon Universe: App Monsters
- Harley Sutton in Chrome Shelled Regios
- Jacuzzi Splot in Baccano!
- Jun Lee in Genesis of Aquarion
- Jun'ichi (Jackson), Usokki (Sudowoodo), and Masukippa (Carnivine) in Pokémon: The Series
- Hitokage (Charmander) in the first Pokémon Mystery Dungeon OVA
- Citron (Clemont) in Pokémon Masters
- Kaoru Yamazaki in Welcome to the NHK
- Kazuki Shikimori in Maburaho
- Kouta Fujiki in God Eater
- Krizzix in the Japanese version of Arena of Valor
- Kyuusuke Sarashina in Sailor Moon
- Leonardo Watch in Blood Blockade Battlefront
- Mamoru Sumii in One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (PlayStation port)
- Manabu Kobayashi in Tokimeki Memorial 4
- Max Hartway in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
- Michael in Synduality: Noir
- Minoru Tomii in Shounen Hollywood
- Naoki Kuroi in Super Gals
- Naomichi "Geromichi / Hammer Nao" Yamada in Hajime no Ippo
- Nash in Lunar: Silver Star Story
- Omikuji Wald in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
- Pop in Smile PreCure!
- Quiche/Kish from Tokyo Mew Mew
- Roan in Ragnarok the Animation
- Sakuya Yamaki in 7 Seeds
- Satoshi Fukube in Hyouka
- Shinpachi Shimura in Gintama (The author even calls Daisuke Sakaguchi as the Real Life Shinpachi. Doesn't help that he really looks like him)
- Shonen Bat (Lil' Slugger) in Paranoia Agent
- Souta Tamadate in Guilty Crown
- Stan Marsh in the Japanese dub of South Park (FOX version)
- Takashi Waku in Bokurano
- Tamanta (Mantyke) in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (both Japanese and English versions)
- Tatsu in Xenoblade Chronicles X
- TomahawkMan in Rockman.EXE
- Usso Ewin in Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
- Viktor Licht in Fire Force
- Woody Fink (Matthew Timmons) in the Japanese dub of The Suite Life on Deck
- Xandir in the Japanese dub of Drawn Together
- Yoshirin Hatogaya in Crayon Shin-chan
- Youhei Sunohara in CLANNAD
- Yuji Nakata in Bamboo Blade
- Yuki Mishima in Persona 5
- Zarigajim in Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
- Zashford "Zash" Zan Valfarbia in Super Robot Wars EX, Super Robot Wars Gaiden, 2nd Super Robot Wars: Original Generation
- Zhang Bao in Dynasty Warriors 8
